Matthew 5:12 - Modern King James Version

¹² Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for your reward in Heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

Common English Bible

¹² Be full of joy and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. In the same way, people harassed the prophets who came before you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

Matthew 5:12 Krydshenvisninger

Genesis 15:1

After these things the Word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your shield and your exceeding great reward.

1 Kings 18:13

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water?

1 Kings 18:4

for it happened when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

1 Kings 19:2

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

1 Kings 21:20

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of Jehovah.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah. But I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

2 Kings 1:9

And he sent to him a commander of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him. And, behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God! The king has said, Come down.

2 Chronicles 16:10

And Asa was angry with the seer and put him in a prison-house. For he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and ill-treated His prophets until the wrath of Jehovah arose against His people, until there was no healing.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You, and cast Your Law behind their backs. And they killed Your prophets who testified against them to turn them to You, and they worked great blasphemies.

Psalm 19:11

And Your servant is warned by them; in keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 58:11

And man shall say, Truly, there is a reward for the righteous; truly, there is a God judging in the earth.

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.

Isaiah 3:10

Say to the righteous that it is well; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain I have stricken your sons; they received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 26:8

And it happened when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, You shall surely die!

Jeremiah 37:14

Then Jeremiah said, A lie! I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he did not listen to him; so Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the rulers.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He shall reward each one according to his works.

Matthew 6:16

And when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, of a sad face. For they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Luke 13:34

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! the one killing the prophets, and stoning those having been sent to her; how often I desired to gather your children in the way a hen gathers her brood under the wings, and you did not desire it.

Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For behold, your reward is great in Heaven. For so their fathers did according to these things to the prophets.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

Acts 16:25

And toward midnight Paul and Silas prayed and praised God in a hymn. And the prisoners listened to them.

Acts 5:41

Then indeed they departed from the presence of the sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be shamed for His name.

Romans 5:3

And not only this, but we glory in afflictions also, knowing that afflictions work out patience,

1 Corinthians 3:8

So he planting, and he watering, are one, and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For the lightness of our present affliction works out for us a far more excellent eternal weight of glory,

Philippians 1:29

For to you it is given on behalf of Christ not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

Philippians 2:17

Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.

Colossians 1:24

who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I fill up the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, on behalf of His body, which is the church;

Colossians 3:24

knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. For you serve the Lord Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, also driving us out and they do not please God and being contrary to all men,

Hebrews 10:34

For you both sympathized with my bonds and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that you have in Heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Hebrews 11:26

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

Hebrews 11:33

who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 11:6

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

James 1:2

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations,

James 5:10

My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering ill, and of patience.

1 Peter 4:13

but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.

Ruth 2:12

May Jehovah repay your work, and may a full reward be given you from Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to trust.